Ambassador Janis Karklins (the new interim MAG Chair who has taken over from Markus Kummer) has issued the following call for information: "The Internet Governance Forum was created by the World Summit on the Information Society as a multistakeholder discussion platform on Internet governance … [Read more...] about Call for information from Ambassador Janis Karklins
Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Mark Carvell
The final official figures are not yet in but the level of stakeholder participation in the Nairobi IGF from the world over is expected to break all records: over 2000 in person and a further 1000 connecting via remote hubs in all geographical regions. Overwhelming testimony to the value of … [Read more...] about Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Mark Carvell
Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Dr Vicki Nash
Sitting watching Egyptian activist Wael Khalil debate with UK Minister Ed Vaizey at one of Nominet’s IGF workshops I suddenly realised how far we’ve come since the early WSIS meetings in 2003 when it seemed like an extraordinary idea that Internet policy could be discussed at the international level … [Read more...] about Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Dr Vicki Nash
Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by David Souter
The sixth IGF, and the sixth that I’ve attended. How does it compare? I thought it followed the positive trend of the last four meetings. Participants from different stakeholder groups are now very comfortable with one another and with the meeting’s tone. Debates each year seem … [Read more...] about Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by David Souter
Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Nick Thorne
From the talking shop we created at WSIS in 2005, the Forum has developed into a really useful platform both for the practical exchange/dissemination of ideas and a sounding board for all parties in the overall governance debate. We still need more genuinely Multi-stakeholder input from Business … [Read more...] about Thoughts on IGF Nairobi by Nick Thorne
IGF – challenges ahead and the need to manage expectations
I travel a lot around the world talking to people about child protection on the internet, and there is no doubt that the UK is widely perceived as having developed a very advanced and very interesting approach to dealing with the broad range of challenges which the new technologies constantly throw … [Read more...] about IGF – challenges ahead and the need to manage expectations